Vickers F.B.5
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vickers-f-b-5-203-8577472
title:
Vickers F.B.5
text:
The Vickers F.B.5 was a British two-seat pusher military biplane of the First World War. Armed with a single.303 in (7.7 mm) Lewis gun operated by the observer in the front of the nacelle, it was the first aircraft purpose-built for air-to-air combat to see service, making it the world's first operational fighter aircraft.
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Fighter aircraft; first operational purpose-built fighter
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickers_F.B.5
date created:
2005-02-01T01:40:43Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T19:01:54Z
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